http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/38/section/30Estate Agents Act 1979An Act to make provision with respect to the carrying on of and to persons who carry on, certain activities in connection with the disposal and acquisition of interests in land; and for purposes connected therewith.1980-07-01texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2025-05-29Expert Participation2025-04-06 Supplementary Orders and regulations.301Before making any order or regulations under any provision of this Act to which this subsection applies, the Secretary of State shall consult the lead enforcement authority, such bodies representative of persons carrying on estate agency work, such bodies representative of consumers and such other persons as he thinks fit.2Subsection (1) above applies to paragraphs (a)(iii) and (d) of section 3(1) above and to sections 14, 15, 16, 18, 19 and 22 above.3Any power of the Secretary of State to make orders or regulations under this Act—amay be so exercised as to make different provision in relation to different cases or classes of cases and to exclude certain cases or classes of case; andbincludes power to make such supplemental, incidental and transitional provisions as he thinks fit.Words in s. 30(1) substituted (31.3.2014) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of the National Consumer Council and Transfer of the Office of Fair Trading’s Functions in relation to Estate Agents etc) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/631), art. 1(5), Sch. 2 para. 1(10)(c) (with Sch. 1 para. 28, 2 paras. 13-15)